that said the core of this law is unlikely to be overturned. i mean a big risk was taken in terms of his conservative legacy in defending the mandate and defending other parts of this law so it's unlikely the whole law will be sort of relitigated again. the broader part of the law will be looked at again. >> we've talked about the president's shutout to liberalism, if you will. how liberal do you think the president's speech was? >> i'll tell you this, craig. on capitol hill, republicans are reeling after that speech because they think the president's truly shifting to the left, articulating a progressive agenda, and think president barack obama just explained where he stands on all the issues, and he is moving to the left, and he's unashamed about it. >> aisha, the president, he's faced some criticism heretofor from the most liberal wick of the party over the fiscal cliff deal. did the speech bring the left back into the fold? >> sure. i think that it did. i mean, one of the questions that, you know, i would ask is why is it that when you have